Texas Comicon 2013 draws comic book, film devotees

By Joshua Fechter :
June 23, 2013
: Updated: June 25, 2013 12:22pm

Fans dress to impress at Texas Comicon at the San Antonio Event Center on Sunday, June 23, 2013.

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Fans dress to impress at Texas Comicon at the San Antonio Event Center on Sunday, June 23, 2013.

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Fans dress to impress at Texas Comicon at the San Antonio Event Center on Sunday, June 23, 2013.

Photo By Libby Castillo / For mySA.com

Fans dress to impress at Texas Comicon at the San Antonio Event Center on Sunday, June 23, 2013.

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Fans dress to impress at Texas Comicon at the San Antonio Event Center on Sunday, June 23, 2013.

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Fans dress to impress at Texas Comicon at the San Antonio Event Center on Sunday, June 23, 2013.

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Jedi, Marvel and DC superheroes and an array of comic book, television, video game and film characters packed the San Antonio Events Center on Sunday to celebrate “geek” culture during the final day of Texas Comicon 2013, an annual festival for pop culture enthusiasts.

De Luna said she and Mosmeyer dressed in costume for all three days of the convention, which she said revealed a common ground of pop culture enthusiasm to her.

“I can't believe how many people are excited about the same thing,” De Luna said before posing for a picture requested by a passerby.

Some infused their personality and heritage with established pop culture motifs. Jason Gilbert, 38, dressed as the “Scottish Jedi,” wearing a kilt with his Jedi costume, an idea born when friends gave him that moniker.

Gilbert brought his 9-year-old daughter, Erin, to the convention and said they share an affinity for Star Wars and practice magic together.

Convention-goers also lined up to meet actors who portrayed key characters within the pop culture pantheon such as Billy Dee Williams, who played Lando Calrissian in “Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back” and “Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi,” and Jeremy Bulloch, who played Boba Fett in those films.

Bulloch, a mild-mannered 68-year-old Englishman, said he senses excitement and rapport when he speaks to children and adults about his character as he travels from convention to convention.

“It's a special language that you have with them,” Bulloch said.

Enterprising and independent comic book artists also occupied the convention floor. Robert Wilson IV, a Dallas-based artist who illustrates independent comics such as Like A Virus and Knuckleheads, said he did not predict he would ever make a living drawing comics and interacting with fans at conventions across the country.